Blackpool’s Head of Planning and Heritage in Partnership to Deliver a Deep Sub-Sea Nuclear Dump.
A letter to press (unpublished? let me know if you see it!)
Head of Planning and Heritage for Blackpool Council Explores the Tower and Winter Gardens with Stuart Maconie. Carl Carrington also happens to be a Partner with Nuclear Waste Services in Delivery of a Nuclear Dump aka Geological Disposal Facility.
The following letter was sent to press ..some time ago ….
Blackpool is “a gem in the colourful crown of Britain’s seaside destinations.” (says Visit Britain). So it will come as a surprise to holiday makers and locals alike to learn that Blackpool Council’s Head of Planning and Conservation who is “based in Blackpool” is a key partner in manoeuvrings to deliver the biggest infrastructure project ever in the UK. The development is called a Geological Disposal Facility.
Mine shafts would be dug by giant tunnel boring machines leading to a mined out void the size of the country of Tuvalu (26km square) up to the size of Bermuda (50 km square). The developer Nuclear Waste Services tell us that once emplaced the highly radioactive wastes, currently cooled by millions of gallons of water a day, would continue to heat up to as much as 200 degrees c. The idea is for the geology to “dissipate” the intense heat.
Blackpool can heave a sigh of relief though as their Head of Planning, Carl Carrington is not volunteering the famous tourist destination as a nuclear dump. Nope it is Beatrix Potter country, the Lake District coast in the firing line. There is a petition to sign here at www.lakesagainstnucleardump.com if you love the Lake District coast (and the oceans we all rely on).
notes
Screenshot from entry on Rocket Reach “based in Blackpool”
Screenshot below from Millom Without Parish Council Chair - Bio
Parish Council Chair role led to being “representative” of Millom Without on the South Copeland Community Nuclear Dump Partnership - a partnership with the Developer Nuclear Waste Services - a wholly government owned limited liability company
